Retired U.S. Marine Gen. Richard D. Hearney rings the replica Liberty Bell at Veterans Memorial Park on Saturday. Hearney, the grand marshal of the Port Angeles Fourth of July parade, was one of about 150 people who took their turn. The Port Angeles Lions Club, which led fundraising to acquire the bell in 1976, organized the event. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

Emma Swan on the Hartnagel Building Supply float was in the full spirit of the red, white and blue on Saturday during the Fourth of July parade in downtown Port Angeles. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Jericho Stuntz of Port Angeles, far left, ate 10 hot dogs and buns and claimed second place in the 10-minute contest on Saturday at Port Angeles City Pier. Several hundred people gathered to watch youth and adult divisions. After a four-way tie in the adult division, Asher Friedman of California was declared the winner of an $800 prize. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Volunteers Emily and Zach Batton of Sequim unfurl and raise one of the new 50 flags raised on Saturday at at the Mount Angeles Memorial Park Cemetery. More than a hundred people attended the special event, a project of the Carlsborg VFW and the Michael Trebert chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Forks’ Char Carte was honored in the Forks Grand Parade as a Hometown Hero. Carte served in the U.S. Army from June 1977 through September 1984 as a sergeant and later served in the U.S. Army Reserve from October 1984 through December 1991. Cart recently retired from the Olympic Area Agency on aging information and assistance. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)